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KINDGERGARTEI WORK 



MARION STRICKLAND 

Svipervisor of Kindergartens, Syracuse, N. Y. 




SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

C. W. BARDEE^F, PUBLISHER 

1896 



Copyright, 1896, by C. W. Bardeen 






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CONTENTS 



PAGE 

I. Founder, Aims. Methods, and Benefits 

OF THE Kindergarten 9 

11. Lesson Work FOR September 18 

Harvesting of Fruits aad Grains 18 

Gifts and Occupations 21 

Story— Mother Apple-Tree's Children .27 

III. Lesson Work for October 37 

Nature's Preparation for Winter _ .37 

Seeds 37 

Insects . - . 39 

Leaves 40 

Gifts and Occupations 43 

Story— The Leaves' Tea-Party 47 

IV. Lesson Work for November 54 

Nature's Preparation for Winter, and 

Thanksgiving 56 

Gifts and Occupations 59 

Story— The Story of Thanksgiving. 63 



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KINDERGARTEN WORK 



Founder, Aims, Methods, and Bene- 
fits of the Kindergarten 



The gift of true education is that training 
by which the child develops mind, body, and 
soul ; through which he shall recognize the 
God-given power within him and become a 
blessing to himself and humanity. 

This has been the key note of all educa- 
tional motives since education began ; at 
times it has been like Mr. Moody^s fashion- 
able church choir, " shut in a box in a far 
off corner singing in an unknown tongue ; " 
then again it rings out clear and sweet, as 
some master hand touches the strings. The 
sign of the times breathes of progression and 
triumph. The new education, which after 
all is so old, cries out that no more time be 
wasted on straightening the old trees, but all 
be spent guarding the young twigs. 
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10 KIlfDERGARTEN WOEK 

Since the days when the Great Teacher 
said, ^^A little child shall lead them/' and 
^' Of such is the kingdom of Heaven," we 
have had spasmodic attempts to train early 
childhood ; — slowly but surely, down through 
the ages of Hebrew and Greek, the seeds 
have been sown until now the fields are 
white for the harvest. Until the time of 
Frederick Froebel the principles and theories 
Diesterweg, Lavater, Pestalozzi and others 
failed in application. 

Froebel, born in Swarzburgh, Germany, 
April 22, 1782, left at his death June 21, 
1852, a gift of inestimable value to all earth's 
children. To him is the honor of success- 
fully putting into tangible form the prin- 
ciples and theories of these great educators. 

Early bereft of a mother's care, one of a 
large family, the father engrossed in the 
manifold duties of a large country parish — 
the child Frederick was left largely to him- 
self. It is claimed by many that through 
the advent of a step-mother and more child- 
ren little Frederick was shamefully neglected, 
and that his starved and saddened childhood 
in after years gave birth to the unselfish, un- 



AIMS OF THE KINDERGARTEN II 

tiring zeal with which he worked among the 
children. Madam Kraus-Boelte, whose three 
years home life with Frau Froebel makes her 
opinion not only valuable but authoritative, 
has often asserted that this story of Froebers 
childhood is not true. He was not a brilliant 
child, though gentle and sweet tempered. 
This seeming neglect probably came from 
being one of a large family and from a natural 
shyness which kept him in the back-ground. 

His love for nature and children was in- 
tense, — as he studied the life of one he found 
it synonymous with that of the other. 

As the plant grew so thrived the child.. 
The well cared for garden assured full fruit- 
age ; the child-garden nurtured with love- 
and faithfulness gave birth to sober, indus^ 
trious and happy human lives. 

With the desire to benefit childhood flood- 
ing his daily life he struggled on, overcom- 
ing the many difficulties which at times- 
seemed almost to sweep him beyond exis- 
tence, until he won the help of Middendorf. 
For a time all was well, but in the midst of 
success the superstitious people drove from* 



12 KIXDERGARTEN WORK 

their land as a plague this prophet of good 
tidings. 

Froebel, crushed and broken-hearted at 
the suspicion of his fellow people and the 
complete undoing of his years of work, left 
his native land and died, bequeathing to his 
few faithful followers the fragments of his 
storm-beaten life, with the command of old 
to preach this gospel of child life to all the 
^world. 

The master, overcome at last, with his 
liandful of disciples gathered around him, 
reminds one of the scene in the garden of 
the east. 

Slowly but surely this man^s teaching has 
drawn unto itself many followers, until not 
to know something of the principles and 
methods of Frederick Froebel marks one as 
standing in the back ground and a laggard 
in the educational life of to-day. 

The question of training for children 
earlier than regular school life afforded is a 
problem dating far back ; it was conceded to 
be necessary. But how it should be accom- 
jplished was a philosopher's puzzle. 

Certain it was that no earlier use could be 



AIMS OF THE KINDERGARTEiir 13 

made of text books— children could not be 
confined within the school room earlier in 
life without materially injuring their physi- 
cal and often their mental growth — yet con- 
stantly was shown the need of earlier train- 
ing. 

Froebel found the first few years of the 
child lived as that of an animal. People 
gave little or no thought for children beyond 
their physical condition. In consequence of 
this, in spite of parents or philosophers, 
God's greatest gift— the soul, developed un-^ 
trained and uncared for. 

Thus often nature cared magnificently for 
her share while the spirit grew warped and 
contorted because it had no nurture, and 
when the age of discretion arrived judgment 
was so twisted and mal-formed it had no 
power to make a right choice. To re-create 
this power was a life work. 

Froebel believed body and soul must be 
educated, i. e., developed together with the 
head and hand ; until this could be done 
mankind must suffer and fall short of that 
which the Creator intended it should be- 
come. Watching the children in their daily 



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life with this thought uppermost in his mind, 
Froebel saw them in play live out the home 
life. Whether this play was filled with 
gentle care and thoughtf ulness or the reverse, 
depended upon the reality. 

As Froebel watched he became more and 
more convinced that an ideal home life, 
where love, purity, and justice held sway ; 
where nature's life could be re-lived in all its 
sweetness, was the one way so to develop these 
human plants that they should come to full 
and beautiful fruitage. 

To accomplish any work some tools must 
be used. In his wonderful wisdom Froebel 
made use of the simplest toys of childhood, 
taking as his first step the ball, a symbol of 
perfect form and life. 

From these soft round balls in rainbow 
colors for the six weeks old babe he passes 
to the hard wooden sphere, cube, and cylin- 
der, the three fundamental forms of the 
universe. The cube is next divided into 
eight small cubes, then into oblongs, and on 
into triangles, square prisms, and squares, 
ointil the solid form becomes a flat surface, 
which in turn reaches by successive divis- 



AIMS OF THE KINDERGARTEl^" 15 

ions, the smallest mathematical conception — 
the point, — represented to the children by 
seeds, tiny shells, the perforating of wee 
holes into stiff card. These in turn are 
developed by sewing into straight lines ; and 
by colored paper folded, cut, and pasted, by 
drawing, and by modelling in sand and clay, 
step by step the analyzed sphere becomes 
synthetically rebuilt. 

Thus the child j^^^V^ systematically, 
through a logical course of mathematics. 

As he reaches the years of school life, his 
mind, body, and soul aroused to a natural 
desire to Icnoiv, and the power within him so 
developed that his task is one of pleasure, 
the spirit of the kindergarten pervades the 
primary room, and his duties become pleas- 
ures, the results being found in better scholars 
and citizens. The most skeptical are grow- 
ing into this belief. More and more are time 
and money and place being given to this 
work of the kindergarten. We have proved 
the results worth the expenditure, — not in 
every case, because in many instances the 
kindergarten is such in name only. Anyone 
may give you a stone and call it a diamond. 



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but that does not prove it so. We believe 
it is the duty of the State to support such a 
department in its schools : that it should and 
must provide for the years spent in the gut- 
ters and on the streets by thousands of chil- 
dren in this country, if we are to overcome 
the huge problems of society and labor con- 
fronting the national life of to-day. 

The children are not only " the hope of 
the nation '\ They are the coming nation, 
for whose purity and development we shall 
be held responsible. 

This ideal home life does not confine it- 
self within the kindergarten walls ; the 
mother's meetings which are part of all true 
kindergartens bring to '^^ kindergarten 
mothers '' the opportunity of lending a help- 
ful hand — of sharing a burden, of turning 
into a better way some reward or punish- 
ment. Month after month mothers come, 
saying, ^^We told 'John^ what you said 
about the boys, and we^re going to try your 
way." Little notes come, saying, "Won^t 
you speak to Mary about so- and-so ; she 
doesn't mind what 1 say.'"* One little three- 
year-old girl who for a week spoke to no one 



AIMS OF THE KI><rDERCTARTEIT IT 

and looked like a continual thunder storm 
suddenly began to smile ; we discovered the 
reason to be that the parents were adopting 
our way of punishment instead of " lickin^ 
the child daily '^ to make her happy. 

If added to these bits of parental develop- 
ment we get attentive, orderly, obedient, 
and happy children, eager and anxious to 
learn, where is he who dare say the kinder- 
garten costs too much, or " We can^t spare 
the room '' ? 



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I. Lesson Work for September 



1st Science Lesson. — Harvesting of Ft 
and Grains, Their Use to Us. 

Observation of all fruits having a special 
form. — The selection of one frnit to study. 

So far as possible bring fruit on a small 
branch, that the leaf and twig may be ob- 
served. 

Get personal history of the special branch 
under consideration. 

Where did it grow ? How ? Why ? What 
made it ? What part of the tree bore the 
fruit ? 

Was it a large tree ? 

How old was it ? How can you tell the 
:^ge of a tree ? 

What shape was the tree ? branch ? fruit ? 

How does the fruit feel ? smell ? taste ? 

Who helped the tree to bear fruit ? 

What do you find inside of the fruit ? 

What is it good for ? 

What shall we do with it ? Plant it ? 
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SEPTEMBER LESSONS 19 

Who will plant one at home and let mother 
see it grow ? 

We have selected the apple for our special 
fruit, because we may have red, yellow, and 
green apples. They are more round than 
other fruits. They are more plentiful to all 
classes of people. 

The story is divided into three parts that 
it may be easily adapted to all grades of 
children. 

First to the youngest, secondly to those 
who were the babies last year, thirdly to the 
advanced grade : although the mythical 
story should be combined with the historical 
so as to give the last named grade the entire 
story. 

The grade should get the story of the Three 
Golden Apples from home, if from the better 
class of people, or it may be added in kinder- 
garten if the children are capable of receiv- 
ing more. 

The seeds should be planted by the chil- 
dren, and kept in the room that they may 
watch the growth. It is sufficient for kin- 
dergarten children to see the sprout above 
ground develop, unless the seed germinate 



20 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

on cotton or in water. They do not under- 
stand why one thing should be dug up and 
pulled to bits, and not all things. Such a 
course is apt to develop a love of destruction 
rather than a growth of science. 

All the simple grains, as oats, wheat, bar- 
ley, etc., may be used with great success as 
the beginning of the first occupation, per- 
forating. 

MORNING SONGS 

Morning Greeting. .Found in Kindergarten Chimes. 

Good Morning '' " " " 

Good Morning, Dear Children 

Song and Games for Little Ones. 
Good Morning Song " " " " " " 

Thumbs and Fingers say Good Morning 

In Hubbard Song Book, 

Sunshine Song In Eleanor Smith's Song Book. 

The Lord's Prayer, 

Now the Night is Over . . .In Kindergarten Chimes. 

Morning Hymn " " ' ' 

GAME SONGS 

The Trees Found in Kindergarten Chimes. 

Haj'makers , . . " " " " 

The Mowers << <« << .< 

How the Corn Grew " " Finger Plays. 

I am a Little Gardner " " Kindergarten Chimes, 

Fruit Market " " 

Smelling Game ... " " Yv^alker and Jenks. 



SEPTEMBER LESSON'S _ 21 

Tasting Grame " " Hubbard Book. 

Touching Game. .. " " " " 

CLOSING SONGS 

Farewell,DearClnldren.FromMadam-Kraus-Boelte. 

Our Play is O'er " Walker and Jenks. 

Parting Song. " 

GIETS AN"D OCCUPATIONS 

First, Second at Third Gifts. 

First, Second and Third Occupations. 

FIRST GRADE — MEKTAL DEVELOPMENT 
FROM FIRST GIFT 

Form — Spherical. , 

1st, as found in the Ball. 

2d, as found in Fruits. 

3d, as found at home and in kindergar- 
ten and out of doors. 
Color — Eed, yellow, blue. 

1st, as found in the three Balls. 

2d, as found in fruits, flowers, and grain. 

3d, as found at home, out of doors, in 
kindergarten. 
^NumUr — 1 as a unit, 2 as a ground. 

1st, as found in one Ball, one Apple, etc. 

2d, two Balls, two Apples, etc. 

3d, 1+1=2. 2-l=:l. 2-2=0, etc. 
-Oount by I's, from 1 to 3. 



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SECOl^D GRADE 

First and Second Gifts. 
Form — Sphere, Cube, Cylinder. 
1st, Sphere. As found in the 1st and 2d* 
Gift Balls. 
Fruits — Animate and inanimate forms 
everywhere. 
2d, Cube. As contrasting form. Found 
in 2d Gift, boxes, houses, stones, etc. 
Compare with sphere. 
3d, Cylinder. As uniting form between 

sphere and cube. 
As found in the 2d Gift. 
As found in trunks of trees, barrels, 
rolling pins, pencils, etc. 
Color — Red, blue, green, yellow, and wood 
color. 
1st, as found in Gifts. 

As found in fruits and resembling 
objects. 
Numher — 1 as a unit, 2 and 3 as groups. 
2 and 3 in their several parts. 
Count from I's to 5 by 1. 

THIRD GRADE 

First three Gifts. Reviewing the forrriy. 
color, contrasting f and like points. 



SEPTEMBEE LESSONS 23- 

Eesemblance to each other and surround- 
ing objects. 

Eelation of 2d Gift cube to that of the 3d. 
Form— Third Gift. 

1st, as a whole. 

2d, in its several parts. 

3d, in its relation to 2d Gift. 

4th, in its relation to natural objects. 
Color — The 6 prismatic colors, and brown.. 

1st, as found in Gifts. 

2d, as found in surrounding objects. 

3d, as found in bark of trees, leaves, etc. 
Number — 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, as Groups. 

4, as a group and divided into its several 
parts. 
Count from 1 to 10 by I's. 

POSITIVE EESULTS 

First Grade. — Form of the sphere. 
07ie color, either red or yellow. 
Eecognition of a unit. 
Count by lO's to 5. 
Awakened interest. — A beginning of inde- 
pendence. 

Obedience, attention, concentration, self- 
respect, helpfulness, and cleanliness. 



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Second Grade. — Forms of Second G-ift. 
Three colors. Red, jellow, and blue. 
Eecognition of the unit. 
Recognition of 2 and 3 as groups, and 

in their several parts. 
Count from 1 to 5. 
A renewed interest. — A stronger indepen- 
dence and attention, concentration, obedi- 
ence and helpfulness. 

Third Grade. — The divided cubes. 

The color hroivn added to the reviewed 

colors. 
The number 4 as a group and in its 

parts. 
To count from 1 to 10. 
To recognize the figures 1 and 2 when 

written. 
To recognize the words apple, fruit, 

and grain. 
To draw an apple and a sphere. 
No perforating should be attempted with 
i;he youngest, or with any child, before they 
recognize the corner of the checker upon the 
table and are able to mark the spot with a 
seed. This should be the first step towards 
the hand development. 



SEPTEMBER LESSONS 25 

As soon as this step is conquered the child 
may have a perforating needle and a card. 

We have found more success in cutting a 
strip of card showing only one line to per- 
forate, i. e., 4— }-4— I— f 4-. When this is con- 
quered we add another line and so on until 
an entire card may be given the child. 
Sorting of seeds by all the children, and put- 
ting them into boxes is a favorite occupation 
at the beginning. 

The second and third grades will be able 
to do regular work, as they readily begin to 
take up the threads dropped in June. 

These children may perforate, sew and 
draw any of the fruits and gift forms. 

NOTE TO KINDERGARTENERS 

The outline of work here given is intended 
as a general monthly suggestion from which 
each is to make the selection of story, songs, 
games, and special nature subject best fitted 
to her individual needs, and fill out her 
daily programme accordingly. 

Our desire is to show that a systematic use 
•of the gifts and occupations combined with 
the natural science in season must bring 
ilogical and definite results. And that unless 



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our results are tangible in these ways, we are 
not doing the best we may do, either for the 
children or for ourselves. Aside from this 
we are robbing the children of that which is 
rightfully theirs, and we shall be held ac- 
countable to a higher power than a school- 
board. 

There is everything in a right beginning. 
Let hooks be given to the children and each 
taught to hang up carefully his own garment, 
to go to his own place in the circle and at the 
tables, to look at his hands before kindergar- 
ten time. Let him be told that if he is tardy 
he must wait quietly outside the room — he 
has no right to disturb those who are prompt. 
Show him how to thread his own needle 
and care for himself first, his neighbor after- 
wards in these things. Tell him that if he 
is absent, you are grieved and must know 
the reason why, thus avoiding disease and 
having the opportunity to help if the 
mother needs you. A little thought on your 
part in these matters and your family will 
shortly resolve itself into an orderly, well- 
regulated household. Don't forget about 
your voice, both in speaking and singing. 
Keep it low, and be sure you set the example 
by stepping lightly and softly. 



Mother Ajople-Tree's Childrerr 



" Dear me, how large and round you're all 
growing. Your cheeks look as red as the 
sun. You're getting so heavy it's quite all I 
can do to hold you. What a very wise thing 
it was to have my arms so long and so many. 

^'^ Just suppose I had been like little Moses's 
mother^, and had only two arms ! But then if 
I had only two arms I dare say I should only 
have had one baby to hold^ instead of bushels 
of them. So I'm very glad all mothers are 
not alike," said Mrs. Apple-Tree. 

" So are we/' ^^ So are we," cried two big 
rosy-cheeked apples. " And mother dear if 
you only had one baby we couldn't do so 
much good or make so many people happy, 
could vre ? " said another. 

*' That's very true, my dear," said Mrs. 
Apple-Tree. ^^I heard Farmer Asia telling 
Joel this morning that you were ready to 
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28 KINDERGARTEN^ WORK 

pick and for him to bring the wagon in the 
morning and begin." 

'' Oh ! oh ! dear. I don^t want little Moses 
to eat me/' cried one of the apple children. 
*' rd rather stay here with you mother ; please 
may I?" 

''Fie, fie, child, is that the way you do 
your work ? You should be very glad to 
give pleasure to little Moses. Don't you 
remember your little brown fairies can't get 
out until you are eaten by some one ? Have 
jou forgotten what great things they may do 
for you. Why you may some day be a mother- 
tree and have as many babies as I. 

''Now go to sleep while I swing you and 
the birds sing to you, and wake up in the 
morning determined to do all you can for 
•every one you find in Asia. Who knows 
but some of you may go far away, for the 
wind tells us all apple mothers have not so 
many children as I, and stranger yet, there 
are no apples in any country but Asia. 
Just think how grand it would be to go to 
those people. Hark ! the birds are singing 
' Good night ', so close your eyes and we'll go 
to dreamland." 



MOTHER apple-tree's CHILDREN" 29' 

^^ Lullaby lullaby ^' sang the birds, aud 
rocking gently mother Apple -Tree's children 
fell fast asleep. As the sun came over ths' 
hill-tops, the wind gently shook Mrs. Apple- 
Tree, the birds sang " Good-morning '', 
" Wake-up ", while the dew-drops washed 
the apple children's faces until they were 
wide awake. Very soon Joel came with such 
a queer little wagon, and climbing the tree 
began picking the Apple children. As the 
sun said " Good-night '' they all lay in the 
wagon and soon went rolling over the road 
to the house where little Moses lived. The 
boys carried them into the cellar and there 
they lay in the dark until they thought, 
^' We shall grow old and wrinkled and never 
do any good if we stay here much longer.'^ 

Early one morning not long after this, the 
Apple children heard some one come tramp^ 
tramp, down the stairway. As the door 
opened they heard the boys say : " Just think 
of sending the first apple the king ever saw.'^ 
'' I guess he'll be pretty glad we did when he 
sees these big rosy ones. Isn't this a 
beauty ! " " And this, and this," cried the 
boys as they picked up one after another of 



30 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

the beautiful Apple children, and carefully 
dropped them into a big barrel. 

When the barrel was full they nailed on a 
cover and put it onto the queer little wagon 
with oxen to draw it. Away they went up 
hill and down hill until they came to the sea, 
where a little boat quite as queer as the wagon 
lay waiting for them. 

Soon the boat began to move slowly away 
from the land, but by and by it rolled and 
tossed so hard, the poor little Apple children 
said, " We shall never reach the king." On 
and on they went until one day the boat 
stood still and the apples were rolled out on 
the land. 

Many people seemed to be coming and 
going, and soon the apples heard some one 
say, '^Anything here for the king ?" Once 
more they were lifted onto a wagon and away 
they went to the palace. 

The king was much pleased with his pres- 
ent and offered a large reward to any one 
who would tell him how to make an apple 
tree grow in his garden. 

All the wise men shook their heads, no- 
body could tell, no one knew how. 



MOTHER apple-tree's CHILDREIST 31 

One day the little page who waited on the 
good queen was carrying away the seeds and 
peeling of an apple the queen had just eaten. 
Looking at the seeds the little page said : 
'* How I wish I knew how to make you grow, 
the king would be so happy/' 

Just then a little voice said : 

"" If planted in the ground an apple tree I shall be 

found, 
*' With sun at my head and rain at my feet, 
" ril grow you apples both round and sweet." 

The little page looked all around and not 
seeing anyone said : "Who spoke to me V 
Then listened again. 

*' If planted in the ground an apple tree I shall be 

found, 
" With sun at my head and rain at my feet, 
"I'll grow you apples both round and sweet." 

" Who speaks to me V said the page. 

" Why, I of course. Can't you see ? Fm 
the apple fairy who lives in this seed. If 
jou want an apple tree for the king's gar- 
den plant me in the ground." 

"Plant ?/ow," said the page. "Why you 
are only a tiny brown seed, how can you be 
a,n apple tree ? " 



32 KINDERGARTEN^ WORK 

*' I am an apple fairy/' said the seed again,. 
'^ and if you do as I tell you the king shall' 
have an apple tree/' 

"Well/' said the page, '^'11 do it^ and 
please, please do grow into a beautiful big 
tree." 

The little page planted the apple fairy, 
and sure enough it grew and grew, until one 
day its long arms were filled with beautiful 
pink and white bloosoms. 

"Ah," said the page, "you are beautiful, 
dear tree, but where are the apples for the 
king?" 

" Watch and see," said the tree. Soon the 
wind blew and down came the blossoms 
thick and fast as snow flakes. 

"Oh," cried the page, "the beautiful 
flowers are gone and now we have nothing." 

"Watch," said the tree. "Look at these 
little green balls, see what they will do." 

So day after day the little page watched 
and saw the tiny balls grow bigger and big- 
ger, then their cheeks grew red and round,^ 
and lo ! they were apples fit for any king. 

When the king saw the rosy apple childrert 



he was yery glad and always loved the little 
page very dearly. 

PAET SECOND 

Its very sad but still it's true, that one of 
these Apple children was never quite satis- 
fied with anything that happened, and like 
all unhappy people grew sour and ugly. One 
day a beautiful fairy came through the gar- 
den, and as she reached the apple-tree said : 
'^Oh, you beautiful tree, I would like to do 
something for you and your children. Is 
there anything you wish for ? '^ 

" Oh ! please, dear fairy,"' said the ugly lit- 
tle apple, '^ make me a golden apple, then 
people will love me." 

'^I will make you a golden apple, but un- 
less you are good and do good you will not 
be loved." 

Waving her wand the fairy turned the 
ugly apple into one of pure gold. 

^^Now," thought the golden apple, ''I 
shall only do good because I am so beauti- 
ful." 

Presently, Golden saw coming through the 
garden, a goddess named Eris. Something 
had certainly happened for Eris looked so 



34 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

very, yery cross. As she came to the apple 
tree she saw the golden apple. 

*' Ha-ha," laughed Eris in such a cross 
way little G-olden was very much freightened, 
*^ You are just the one. How would you 
like to go to a wedding, a big, beautiful wed- 
ding, with all the most charming people, — 
how would you like that. Golden ? " 

'^ That would be lovely if mother will let 
me go," said Golden. ^' Oh, bother," said 
Eris. '^ I can't wait to ask your mother ; you 
must go right away else the wedding will be 
over." As she said this she turned Golden 
over on her side and taking a pin from her 
hair, wrote, ^' To the fairest," and then, hold- 
ing Golden tight in her hands ran as fast as 
she could to the wedding-hall. Opening the 
door she threw poor little Golden as hard as 
she could into the midst of the guests. 

^'That was very rude," thought Golden, 
but before she had time to say anything, 
three beautiful goddesses were all trying to 
get her. ^'She is mine," '' No, mine," -' No, 
mine," they all said. At last they went to 
the king, but he could not tell which of the 
three was the most beautiful, so he sent them 



MOTHER apple-tree's CHILDREl^" 35 

■all to the mountain to find the shepard Paris, 
who was very wise. Paris said Venus was the 
most beautiful and gave her the golden apple, 
which made Juno and Minerva very, very 
-^ngry. When little Golden saw how much 
trouble she had made she said : 

" I wish I were a little ugly apple again ; 
rd never be cross or grumble any more. 

"^ Yes,'' said Paris, " If you had not been 
golden, Eris would not have sent you to the 
wedding. She only sent you because she 
was angry at the people for not inviting her 
to the wedding." 

This made poor little Golden feel very bad, 
and she promised never to be discontented 
again. 

PART THIRD 

Year after year the apples grew, and were 
sent to many places, and to many people until 
they reached England. Here they found 
some people who were having a very hard 
time. The king was not very kind to them 
and one day a whole ship-load of people sailed 
away to a new land to make a home for their 
<ehildren. They planted oats, wheat, and 



36 KI]SrDEKGARTEi;r WORK 

many other things, but no apples. One day a 
letter came from the governor of the new land 
saying '' Do send us some apples/' So, soon 
after the Apple children took another sea 
trip and came to live — where do you think r' 
Why, yes, here in America. 



II. Lesson Work for Octobei 



SUBJECT : — nature's preparation for 

WINTER 

The children must be led to observe the 
natural changes in all around them. 

Begin with that which is nearest at hand, 
close to the kindergarten door, and gradually 
extend this observation lesson until it takes 
in all the territory between the kindergarten 
and the home. 

As general subjects we choose the flowers 
and their seeds, the insects that spin or 
weave webs or cocoons, the migrating of the 
birds, the falling leaves and their changing 
colors. 

SEEDS 

Introduce seed-gathering to the children 
by bringing into the kindergarten a bunch 
of flowers. Draw from the children where 
they grow. Do they eat ? Drink ? What ? 
Do they sleep ? When ? Remember some 
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38 KINDERGARTEN" WORK 

blossoins *' sleep " during some part of everj 
twenty- four hours, but that their long night 
comes with winter. Do you sleep ? Why ?' 
Flowers sleep because they are tired, too. 
What does your mother do with the baby 
when she sleeps at night ? Whp«t do you 
think the flowers do with their babies ? Can 
you find some flower-babies and show me 
how they are rolled in their blankets ? Do 
all seed babies have blankets ? Who carries- 
them far away and covers them over with 
sand or earth ? Did you ever see seeds which 
are stuck tightly together ? Bring me some 
and we will put them on this nice white 
card. 

NOTE 

Flying seeds, rolling and sticking seeds^ 
should be studied separately and collected. 
Dandelion, milk weed and maple are com- 
mon flying seeds. The burdock is a stick- 
ing seed. Children should be carefully 
led to observe differences in structure and 
why. The wind's part in carrying the fly- 
ing seeds. Raines share to help cover ~ it 
up and moisten it. Sun's to keep it warm; 
until snow comes. 



OCTOBER LESSORS 39 

Encourage the children to bring into kin- 
dergarten all seeds. Malce time to look at 
them and to have them put away with their 
proper kind. 

INSECTS 

The spider and the caterpillar are the 
most common and easily obtained insects 
that spin or weave their own covering. 

Delightful lessons of patience and inde- 
pendence may be drawn from these tiny 
creatures^ work. Several specimens of each 
should be kept in glasses with netting over 
the tops^ that the children may see the work- 
ings of each insect. Each insect must be 
fed daily, with leaves from a like plant to 
the one on which he is found ; the leaves 
should first be dipped into cold water and 
then dropped into the glass. Children 
notice that the insects go to sleep as the 
time draws nearer the coming of the frost 
and cold ? Why ? This thought of the 
scarcity of food will lead the children to the 
migrating of the birds. Do all birds go 
away ? Which ones do ? Where do they 
go ? Which stay ? Why ? Do they sing ? 
Where will they live ? What will they eat ? 



40 KIIi'DERGARTEN WORK 

Will they sleep all winter, like the caterpil- 
lar ? Can you do anything for them ? What ? 
Do they have little birds in winter ? Why 
not ? 

NOTE 

The children should be taken where they 
may see flocks of birds flying southward and 
note the kinds that leave us ; how they fly 
— and those which stay. Should you have a 
tree near the kindergarten get a bird-house 
from some one, and have it placed in the 
tree in some spot where the children may 
see the birds. Encourage the feeding of 
these feathered friends ; encourage observing 
them on stormy days. Are they cross when 
it storms ? What do they do ? 

LEAVES 

Maple, oak, and birch leaves are easily ob- 
tained, and are most pleasing to the chil- 
dren, because of their beautiful colors. 

These three kinds give a variety of form 
and number as well as color. 

Branches of each tree with winter buds 
must be at hand for the observation of the 
children at the tables. 

The form of buds, color, substance of cov- 



OCTOBER LESSOKS 41 

«ring — whether sticky or not — the arrange- 
ment, alternate or opposite, and general ap- 
pearance of twig, are necessary points of de- 
velopment. 

GENERAL NOTE 

During the past month, notwithstanding 
the many interruptions and lack of material, 
the most of us have succeeded in getting 
firmly begun, and in accomplishing a fair 
percentage of our work. The children have 
thoroughly enjoyed the fruits and first gift 
and are ready to go with new zeal after the 
pleasures of October. Wherever it is pos- 
sible take the children, one day each week, 
into the fields or woods. Let them find the 
seeds and insects, watch the birds on their 
journey, and see the wind play with the 
falling leaves. Make the kindergarten 
beautiful with the "golden autumn ^^, — a 
shock of corn, a sheaf of wheat, or a bunch of 
oats ; a pumpkin, or some bright leaves. 
The leaves gathered by the children should 
be pressed and varnished when dry, then 
glued on cards for frames, borders, or any 
bit of decoration desired. 



KINDERGARTEN" WORK 

SOKGS 

Good-bye to the Flowers— Walker & Jenks. .No. 45 

Good-bye to the Summer — Eleanor Smith. . . " 15 

Autumn Winds are Crying— " " ..." 19 

WheredoalltbeDaisiesgo— Walker & Jenks. " 47 

Go to Sleep Little Thumbkin— Smith " 47 

Slumber Song of the Birdlings- Kg. Chimes. ' ' 84 

Lullaby — Kg. Chimes " 13 

GAMES 

The Mill— E. Smith No. 61 

The Spider and the Flies— Kg. Chimes " 96 

I am the Wind— Hubbard " 104 

Fly, Little Bird— Walker & Jenks " 89 

The Little Worm— Hubbard " 156 

SONGS 
Do not try to teach all of the songs and 
games suggested. Choose those best adapted 
to your children, and then teach only one 
verse at a time. Many children do not try 
to sing because they do not know the words 
sufficiently well. Speak distinctly, and 
listen carefully that your children catch the 
right word : not sing snahe for sleigh as one 
child did. In the games, do not try for 
beautiful effects — make them joyous and 
happy. Make them as nearly true as pos- 
sible. When birds should fly south, don't 
let them fly every where iut south. If your 



OCTOBER LESSONS 43 

game calls for two birds and you sing two, 
don't have five or ten ; change either your 
words or your birds. Do not stand aloof, but 
he a bird or a tree or a seed, and let the chil- 
dren catch from you the right spirit. 

GIFTS 

First gift continued, if all have not learned 
the colors. 

Second, Third, and Fourth Gifts. 

OCCUPATIOiTS 

Perforating, sewing, drawing, and fold- 
ing. 

First (7m6^e.— Mental development. 
Form, — Spherical and cubical. 

1st, found in 1st and 2d gift, ball, and 
sphere, and cube. 

2nd, found in surrounding objects. 

3d, found at home and brought to kin- 
dergarten. 
Co/or— Orange, green, and violet. 

1st, found in 1st gift. 

2d, found in leaves, etc. 

3d, found at home. 
Numler — 2 and 3 as groups. 
. 2+1=3, 1+2=3, 1+1+1=3, etc.. 

Count from 1 to 4 by I's. 



44 KINDERGARTEN" WORK 

SECOND GRADE 

First and second gifts. 

Form — Sphere, cube, and cylinder. 

As found in the gifts themselves and in 
all animate and inanimate objects 
around the children. Should the 
children know the several qualities of 
these forms and be inattentive or 
listless, use the third gift — but more 
slowly. Most children will find the 
second gift delightful if used with 
the box, and until these fundamental 
forms are thoroughly known, the 
various positions and motions of each, 
further progress is impossible. 

Color — Orange, violet, and gray. 

Number — 2, 3, and 4 as groups. 

3 in its several parts: 3+1=4, l-|-3=4. 
Count from 1 to 8 by I's. 

THIRD GRADE 

The three first gifts, particularly the third. 

Bring out points of resemblance to all the 
epecimens of nature with which the children 
are brought into contact, i. e., color, form, 
smooth, rough, etc. 



OCTOBER LESSONS 45 

2d and 3d gifts, for building, both from 
dictation and for free work. 
Color — Review prismatic colors and add 
gray. 

Number — Eeview previous work — 5 as a 
group — and its parts. 

Count from 1 to 12 by I's. 

RESULTS. — ALL GRADES 

The name and condition of three common 
flower-seeds. 

The facts concerning caterpillar and its 
cocoon. 

Three facts concernicg the migrating of 
birds. 

Three kinds of migrating birds. 

Three kinds of leaves. Name general 
points of difference. 

NOTE 

All children should show new interest by 
bringing to kindergarten some one or two 
things we are studying. They should pay 
better attention, observe more carefully, be 
more obedient and prompt, show more care 
in doing work and more power to do as told. 



46 KINDERGARTEl!?^ WORK 

FIRST GRADE 

Three Colors — Red, yellow, and blue. 
Recognition of group of 2 — and place. 
Count from 1 to 3 by I's. 

SECOND GRADE 

Forms of 1st and 2d gift. 

Four Colors— Redi, yellow, blue, and green. 

Recognition of 2, 3, and 4 as- groups. 

Count from 1 to 6 by I's. 

THIRD GRADE 

The whole and divided cube. 
Color — Gray added to prismatics and 
brown. 

Numher—^ as a group and its parts. 
Count from 1 to 12 by l^s. 
Recognize figures 1, 2, and 3 when 

written. 
Recognize words, seeds, caterpillar, 
birds, and leaves when written. 
To draw a leaf. 



The Leaves' Tea-Party 



Once upon a time, just at the edge of a 
beautiful meadow where the grass grew so 
tall that the butterflies, in their gay gowns 
of red and gold, played hide-and-seek all the 
day long, lived a Mother Tree with her 
family. 

Mother Tree was like the old woman who 
lived in her shoe, she had so many child^Pfen 
she didn't know what in the world to do. 
The Leaves (that was what Mrs. Tree called 
her children, for there were so many of them 
she couldn't possibly find a name for each 
child, so she called them all Leaves, and 
loved each one for itself), used to watch the 
butterflies having such gay frolics over in the 
great meadow, and wished they too, might 
romp with them. Mrs. Tree thought so 
many children ought to have plenty of fun 
by themselves, and that they were much 
better off at home where she was sure they 
were safe and sound ; also that children 
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48 KINDERGARTEN- WORK 

should learn to be busy part of the time, and 
not think life was all play. 

So these Leaves learned to spin and weave 
the blankets which were to keep their baby 
brothers and sisters warm after they had 
gone to Dreamy-Town for the winter. 

But one day — dear me, what a day it was, 
to be sure ! — the post-man, who was a car- 
rier dove, rang the bel] of the big front door, 
and left a dainty letter, the contents of 
which turned every child^s head topsy-turvy, 
and nearly drove them frantic with joy. 
For what do you think ! The South Wind 
had invited them cordially, so the letter said, 
to a tea-party in the meadow just over the 
way, ^' the first day they were at liberty to 
come," 

Such a shoat, such a hub-bub as there 
was ! Poor mother Tree thought her chil- 
dren had all gone crazy. 

'^ My dears ! my dears ! this terrible noise, 
what does it mean ?" *^ Oh ! oh ! mother, 
dear," said one Leaf, — before he could say 
any more half a dozen Leaves said : '' Oh, 
mother, say we may go ! Can't we go ? " 
while the rest were dancing and whirling. 



THE^LEAYES' TEA-PARTY 49^ 

standing on their heads and behaving like 
anything but well brought-up Leaves. 

Mother Tree put her hands over her ears 
and shook her head, which meant that she 
couldn^t hear a word they were saying until 
they spoke quietly. 

" If you will talk to me one at a time, like 
well-behaved children instead of wild Indians, 
I will listen to you.'' 

Then one Leaf, with a great deal of assist- 
ance from all the others, told of the invita- 
tion they had just received from the south 
wind. 

''Mav we go to-day, mother dear ? do say 
yes!'' " 

But the wise mother said : " Have you. 
finished your work ? Are the blankets ready 
for your trip to Dreamy-Town ? " 

Each little Leaf hung its head and whis- 
pered : ^' Not quite, mother." 

*^^Then, my dears, don't you think it 
would be best to finish your work first and 
then play ? Eun away, now, and do your best 
to-day ; then when your duty is done, if it 
is a fine day, you shall go this once to the 
tea-party." 



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Away they flew laughing and happy, and 
soon were working with might and main. 
So busy were they that they forgot to talk, 
but worked on like beavers until bed-time 
came. They had done much, but not quite 
all, so the mother told them to work one 
more day, and be patient, for she was sure 
they would have a much better time if they 
left nothing undone. 

How they worked ! from the first peep of 
the sun until he went out of sight behind 
the western clouds ; and when the mother 
came around to see her children she found 
each and all able to say : ' ' Yes, mother, our 
work is finished. See, the baby you gave 
me to take care of is tucked in so snug and 
warm that Jack Frost couldn't possibly nip 
either her noes or her toes. 

"You are dear, good children,'^ said the 
mother, "rest awhile now, and when the 
sun comes up over the eastern hill you shall 
-go to your tea-party." 

So they rested. While they were napping 
who should come along bub old Jack Frost. 
Now, Jack had heard about this tea-party 
and how good the Tree children had been all 



TEA-PARTY 51 

through the summer, so he said to himself : 
'^They are beautiful' children, and I — I, 
think ril give them each a new gown to 
wear to the tea-party. They have worn 
these green gowns all their lives ; it's high 
time they had a new one, especially as this is 
the South Wind's tea-party : and as I'm not 
so very busy to-night, I'd just as soon paint 
them a new gown as not ; it will be such fun 
to see how surprised they'll be. They will 
feel like the old woman who went to market 
and fell asleep in the king's highway." So 
rubbing his hands and laughing at the trick 
he was going to play on them all, Jack took 
off his coat, stopped his whistling, got his 
paints ready, and went to work. To some he 
gave red gowns, to some brown, and to some 
beautiful yellow ones with red and brown 
spots in them, until every Leaf had a fine 
new gown. Picking up his paints and 
brushes, he gave a loud whistle which woke 
the sleepy Leaves, and then flew away. 

In a jiffy they rubbed their sleepy eyes 
open, and calling to each other to make 
haste they were soon ready to bid mother 
good-bye. Such a scamper, such a rush, 



52 KINDERGARTEJSr WORK 

such a hurry were they in, never once did 
they notice how gay their dresses were until 
Mother Tree said : *^Oan these be my child- 
ren in such gay and festive gowns, of red 
and brown and gold V 

Then the children looked in wonder and 
surprise at each other. '^ Where — where 
did they come from, mother ? " they all 
cried. " Oh ! oh, it was Jack Frost, hurrah 
for Jack ! " 

Then Mother Tree kissed her children, 
shook her head and sent them flying out in 
the sunshine. 

South Wind was waiting for them, and 
as they came tumbling head over heels into 
his arms, he blew them here and there, with 
his soft, s^veet breath, chasing them into the 
meadow where they romped and played all 
day long until tea-time. Then what a feast 
they had, such luscious dew-drops served on 
rose leaves and goodies without number, un- 
til each child declared, *^'he couldn^t eat an- 
other bif 

They had played so hard and eaten so 
much that they began to be drowsy and 
sleepy. So they each bade the South Wind 



THE LEAYES' TEA-PARTY 53 

^' Good-night '^, and thanked him for the 
good time they had had. Some of the little 
ones were so sleepy they dropped to the 
ground and went to sleep before they could 
get home. The rest were just able to say in 
a very sleepy tone^ " Good-night, mother, 
we've had such a beautiful time/' and they 
too, were off to the land of nod. 

When the moon came up in her sky-tower 
to watch the earth through the night, she 
saw these dear children lying on the ground 
with nothing over them. So she hurried 
away to her cousin, the cloud, and told her 
about it. 

" Oh ! that will never, never do at all, 
they'll surely catch their death of cold, "said 
the cloud. *'I'll send them a blanket at 
once ; " and off she hurried to her store-house. 
Very soon the air was full of soft, white 
feathers, which came floating down and down 
until they reached the Tree children. Faster 
and faster they came in their hurry to cover 
them up, lest they should take cold. In a 
little while every tired, sleepy Leaf was snug 
and warm for his trip to Dreamy-Town, 
under his blanket of snow. — Reprinted from 
Balyhood, hy permission of puUi slier s. 



IV. Lesson Work for November 



Our thankful month has come again. 
Surely we have much to be thankful for : 
let us join heart and hands to spread our 
thankfulness broadcast. 

Thanksgiving is the forerunner of Xmas, 
the practical expression of benefits received 
by us. 

Through the historical story of the day we 
may awaken a desire to make this Thanks- 
giving as universal and jojful as the first 
day of rejoicing by the Pilgrims. 

Eeviewing the work of September and 
October the children find the dependence of 
one thing upon another, the continuous 
change and interchange between plant and 
animal life, between the material and spirit- 
ual being ; one must take and give, weaving 
an endless chain which binds earth to heaven. 

Gather from your children their ideas of 
Thanksgiving — see how very selfish it will 
be. To most of them it is a day of physical 
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N"Oy EMBER LESSONS 55 

pleasure ; a day of literal feasting on earth's 
goodies. A very natural one — do I hear you 
say ? Yes, very natural — and yet how small 
a touching of the right cords will bring a 
higher melody. 

Last year we told the story of the Pil- 
grims, emphasizing the dependence of Mrs. 
White and others, having no men in their 
family, upon their friends. Pictured Mathew 
Stephens helping build their homes, planting 
and harvesting their grain for them, until 
their childish sympathies were fully alive, 
and ready to respond to our application of 
those days to our own time. 

We could help make some one happier — 
we did help. The day before Thanksgiving 
our tables were loaded with every thing from 
potatoes to mince pies. 

One little five-year-old boy earned money 
enough to buy half a bushel of potatoes and 
turnips. There never was a happier boy 
than John when he marched into kinder- 
garten ahead of that bushel basket. 

We explained our desires to the mothers at 
our mother's meeting, and found them ready 



56 KIIS'DERGARTEN WORK 

to second us in every effort, which, of course, 
made this practical application possible. 

The good results are far greater than often 
-credited. 

One lonely old woman was found sitting 
in an almost bare room, wondering where 
her next meal was coming from. 

When she saw the basket of provisions she 
tremblingly said : " I thought everybody had 
forgotten me. I never thought the children 
would think about an old woman like me." 

I do not believe we shall ever outlive the 
self-respect and true pleasure we gained from 
that Thanksgiving. 

Let us try this year and see how far we 
may spread the blessing of this day. It will 
not be the quantity of food or clothing we 
give, but the spirit we awaken which shall 
prove the blessing. 

GENERAL OUTLINE. — SUBJECT 

The completion of Nature^s Preparation 
-for winter, and Thanksgiving. The bare 
.ground, leafless trees, cloudy days, the ab- 
sence of birds and butterflies, the cold winds 
•and rains, all bring vividly before the chil- 
*dren the actual on-coming of winter. 



NOVEMBER LESSOITS 57 

When the sun shines now, its rays are 
colder. Why ? In place of dew we have the 
beautiful hoar-frost. Why ? 

The first part of the month we shall visit 
a farm, explore the fields, barn, store-house, 
sheep-fold, et cetera. 

See the golden grain and vegetables stored 
away for the horses, cows, sheep and children 
to eat during the winter. 

Find the way each animal expresses its 
appreciation of the care the farmer has given 
to it. 

Some of the grain will be ground into 
flour and meal. 

The wool the sheep gave in the spring will 
come from the factory woven into pretty 
cloth for warm clothes. 

We shall emphasize the fact that the far- 
mer in his care through the winter is being 
thankful to his horses, cows, etc., for the 
help they have given him -during the sum- 
mer. The children are thankful for the rosy 
apples, good butter, milk, etc., until we 
arouse a thorough appreciation of the fact 
we have much to be thankful for. 



58 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

When we reach this point we shall tell the 
story of the Pilgrims. 

The farm buildings and tools will supply 
plenty of gift- work for the older children. 
The fences, sheep-fold, well, etc., for the 
younger ones. 

If you have not had grains in the kinder- 
garten, take them now. Have also some 
wheat-flour and corn-meal, to compare with 
the whole wheat and corn. 

The mill and grinding of grains, or some 
of the vegetables generally found on our 
tables on Thanksgiving will furnish all the 
science w^ork we shall be able to make use of. 

The building of various churches and their 
furniture will impress the reason of the pil- 
grimage, while the laying of the boat, tents 
of Indians, log houses and fort will strength- 
en the memory of the struggle for life in 
those days. 

SONGS 

Alice's Supper . . .Eleanor Smith 

Little Boy Blue Eleanor Smith 

America 

Thanksgiving Song Hubbard Book 

Can a Little Child Like Me Robinson Hymnal 

A Story of Kindness Eleanor Smith 



NOYEMBER LESSONS 59 

GAMES 
The Soldiers Eleanor Smith 

l^^t^'^. Hubbard Book 

The Squirrel Walker and Jenks 

The Farmer Kindergarten Chimes 

GIFTS 

Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, and 
Tenth. 

OCCUPATIONS 

Perforating, sewing, drawing, folding, 
cutting, coloring and modeling. 

First 6^ra^e.— Mental Development. 

i^orw.— Cylinder. Review sphere and 
cube. 

Ist, as found in second gift. 

2d, as found in surrounding objects. 

3d, as found in objects of cylindrical 
forms. 
JVumber^4: as a group, reviewing 2 and 3. 
3+1=4. 1+3=4. 
Count from 1 to 5 by I's. 

SECOND GEADE 

Second and third gifts. 
Form— 1st, as found in 3d gift. 
2d, in comparison with 2d gift cube. 



60 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

3d, in comparing one small cube with 

another. 
4th, comparing faces, corners and edges 
of both small and large cube. 
Color — Wood color. Eeviewing prismatic 
colors, gray and brown. 

5 as a group. Reviewing 2, 3, 4. 
3+1:^4. 1+3 = 4. 1+1+1-1-1=4. 2+ 
2 = 4. 

Count from 1 to 10 by I's. 
Position and direction — The position of 
right, left, front and back. 

Observe carefully that each child clearly 
understands and follows the given direction. 

THIRD GRADE 

Form — Oblong of the fourth gift. 

1st, as found in 4th gift. 

2d, as found by joining several oblongs. 

3d, as found in surrounding objects. 
Color — Wood color. Review previous color 
work. 

Number — 6 as a group. 

NOTE 

If the children have not become perfectly 
familiar with the several numbers combined 



NOVEMBER LESSONS 61 

to make five (5) do not take any new work 
until this is accomplished. 

For new children the progress will be too 
rapid, but last year's children will easily go 
on the new work. 

Count from 1 to 15 by I's. 

Actual results from all grades. 

The ability to distinguish between wheat, 
oats, and corn, or three vegetables. 

The reason of the Pilgrims leaving Eng- 
land. 

Name of James I. 

Name of ship. 

Place and date of landing. 

Reason for Thanksgiving day. 

FIRST GRADE RESULTS 

Form and name of cylinder. 
Six prismatic colors. 
Eecognition of 3 as a group. 
Count from 1 to 4 by I's. 

SECOND GRADE 

The division of third gift. 
The number of corners on a cube. 
The prismatic colors, gray, brown and 
wood colors. 



62 KIlfl^DERGARTElf WORK 

The recognition of 2, 3, 4, and 5 as groups. 
Count from 1 to 7 by I's. 

THIRD GRADE 

The oblong of the fourth gift. 

The number of corners, edges and faces of 
a cube. 

The prismatic colors, gray brown and wood 
colors — 5 or 6 as a group. 

Combinations which make five. 

Recognize the written figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 
and 5. 

Eecognize the written words, wheat, cow. 

Pilgrims, Mayflower. 

To draw an oblong object. 



The Story of Thanksgiving 



In 1608, so the big folks' history says, there 
lived in England a king named James the 
first. 

A king is a man who takes care of every- 
body and everything in his kingdom, and 
should be^ both very wise and very good to 
do all that is right and best for his people. 

King James wasn't a good man, so, of 
course, he couldn't be a good king. Among 
other things he was very selfish. When 
people wanted something he didn't want to 
give he acted very badly. 

One day he said everybody must go to' 
church and pray just as he prayed. 

It was very nice for everybody to go to 
church, but some of the people thought God 
didn't want them to pray just like King 
James, so they sent the king word, and 
asked him please to let them pray as they 
thought God wanted them to do. 
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64 KINDERGARTEN WORK 

This made the king very angry ; he sent 
word back to the people that any one who 
didn't pray as he wanted them to do, would 
be put into prison. 

The people heard what the king said but 
still thought God wanted them to pray an- 
other way, so they bravely said : 

*'We must do as Grod wants us to do." 

Then the king told his soldiers to watch 
the people, and if they found any of them 
praying any other way than his way to put 
them in prison. 

After this the people had to be very care- 
ful. They had their church at night, in 
dark caves, where the soldiers couldn't find 
them, but some of them were found and 
thrown into prison, some of them were 
killed. 

This went on for a long time. At last the 
people said : " We can endure this no longer, 
let us go away from England to some coun- 
try where we may do and live as we think 
right.'' 

Two men, named Mr. Robinson and Mr. 
Brewster, were chosen leaders to find the 
best place to go. 



THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING 65 

Everything had to be done very quietly for 
fear the king or his soldiers would find out 
about their going, and not let them get 
away. 

At last everything was ready, and one 
dark, rainy evening all the Pilgrims, as they 
called themselves, met at a lonely spot on the 
river's bank. There was a small boat to 
take them all to Holland. The men loaded 
the furniture on the boat, and were just 
coming to get the mothers and children 
when the captain of the ship saw the king's 
soldiers coming. He was afraid, so cut the 
rope and sailed away with all the men on 
board, leaving the poor women and children 
with only a boy named Mathew Stephens to 
help them. On the soldiers came. When 
they saw Mathew they laughed at him. 
When he pulled out his sword and said he 
would kill any one who hurt the women and 
babies they laughed harder than ever, and 
jumped on poor Mathew, tied his arms and 
feet together and carried him off to prison. 

The women and children the soldiers shut 
up in an old house until morning, then took 
them before the king. James wanted the 



66 KINDERGARTEN" WORK 

men. When lie heard they had gone he 
frightened the women all he could, but as he 
really didn't want them, told the soldiers to 
put them on a boat and send them to Hol- 
land. 

Poor Mathew was locked in a cell with his 
feet chained to the floor. He was feeling 
very sad when he heard a little girl say : 
'^ Fm very sorry for you, would you like to 
get out?" 

'^ Oh yes,'' said Mathew. '* I want to go 
to Holland." 

So the little girl, her name was Alice 
White, watched when the man keeping 
guard over Mathew, went to the saloon, 
then she ran, unlocked the door and chains, 
and Mathew ran away as fast as he could, 
found the mothers and went to Holland 
with them. 

Here they lived nine years. They had a 
much better time than in England, but 
some found their children were forgetting to 
speak English, and were talking and doing 
just as the little Dutch girls and boys did. 

The Pilgrims loved England and wanted 
their children to be like English girls and 



THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING 67 

boys^ SO they said : ^' Let us go to the new 
land across the ocean, there we shall find no 
one to trouble us/^ 

Two boats were hired, one named the 
Speedwell and one the Mayflower, to carry 
the Pilgrims to America. As soon as the 
ships were ready the Pilgrims said good-bye 
to their friends and sailed away, but they 
had only gone a little way when the Speed- 
well began to leak, and they had to go back 
to shore. They found the Speedwell wasn't 
safe, so everybody came on board the May- 
flower, and September 6, 1620, once more 
sailed away for their new home. 

The Mayflower was a small sail boat, and. 
it took a long, long time to cross the ocean. 
Many of the people were very sick, some 
even died. They had a terrible storm and 
some of the people said, '' God has forgot- 
ten us, we shall die and never reach land." 

But one day the ship came to land and 
just about the same time Grod sent a little 
baby boy to stay with the pilgrims. They 
named him Perregrine White, and said, 
^^God has sent this baby to tell us that he 
has not forgotten us." 



68 Kliq^DERGARTEiq^ WORK 

It was getting very cold now and the men 
said '^ We must find a place to live, and build 
some houses as quickly as possible/^ So they 
chose a very brave man named Miles Stand- 
ish and made him captain. 

Captain Standish took fifteen men with 
their guns and axes and went into the woods 
to cut down trees for their houses. Some- 
times they saw some Indians, and once the 
Indians fired some arrows at them, but when 
they heard the big noise the guns made they 
ran away ^s fast as they could. The men 
worked very hard and on Saturday night 
they were almost through. Everybody stayed 
on board the Mayflower on Sunday and had 
church, but Monday morning, December 11, 
1620, the Mayflower was towed to the shore 
and all the Pilgrims landed on a great flat 
rock which they named Plymouth Rock, 
after a place in England. 

When all the people were on shore they 
knelt down and thanked Grod for bringing 
them to this new home. The winter was 
very, very cold, the Pilgrims had little to 
eat, and almost everyone was sick, many of 
them died, and when spring came if some 



THE STORY OF THANKSGIVII^G 69 

good, kind Indians had not given the Pil- 
grims some corn and potatoes they would 
have had nothing to eat. But the Indians 
showed them how to plant the potatoes and 
helped them, until the men were strong and 
everybody was well once more. 

God sent plenty of sunshine and rain to 
help the corn and potatoes grow. Then the 
Mayflower came again with more people and 
letters which made the Pilgrims very happy. 

When the grain was all harvested the store- 
house was so full and everyone had all they 
could eat, everybody was well and happy. 
All the people said, *^ Let us have a big party 
and invite everyone and thank God for being 
so good to us.^^ 

Three men went into the woods and shot 
some deer and wild turkeys. The women 
baked pie and cake. Everyone was invited 
and all came, even the Indians. They had 
such a good time at the Pilgrims^ party they 
stayed three days. When the party was 
over the people said, " Let us always have 
a party like this and thank God for his lov- 
ing care over us through the year." This 
pleased all the people and they said, '^ We 
will call it our Thanksgiving day." 



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